Taye Diggs calls autograph seeker a 'parasite'...

The guy was being a d*ck, and I think that Taye handled it the best that he could.

Edit: I think the guy was gonna sell it on ebay or something, and that's why Taye was pissed.

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Updated On: 12/19/06 at 02:43 PM

Taye had already signed two things for the dude, and then refused to sign the third. Where is someone with three Taye Diggs' autographs going besides to eBay? Sounds like getting something for nothing to me.

Taye didn't seem that bad at all. He was polite about it.

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the "something for nothing" he was referring to, I believe, was how the man most likely was going to turn around and sell it on ebay. I think the guy was being a jerk... Taye had already signed 2 things for him... seriously? i applaud Taye for standing up to him. i don't think he was being a jerk at all!

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I agree with Taye on this one. Al;so agree on the one item per person.

Maybe even better if they don't sign UNLESS it's personalized to avoid the Ebay resellers....

i wouldnt say 3 GUARANTEES its for ebay.

I mean when i got something signed by idina i had 2 items signed, one for me one for my sister.

I will say they sign sooo many they can probably tell fairly fast the guys who are selling them and hte guys who just want them for themselves or friends.

In general i only do one just to be respectful.

That's probably true.

they likely see them multiple times, and thye always have many items to sign....

One per customer then, this way they can satisfy more customers....

I'm available for signing, but just one per person please!!!

This is why I don't ask for autographs, unless the actor suggests it.
I normally just ask to have my picture taken with them as that means more to me than anything else, and then I can put it in my scrapbook.

i wouldnt say 3 GUARANTEES its for ebay.

I mean when i got something signed by idina i had 2 items signed, one for me one for my sister.

True, true, maybe he wasn't eBaying- he could have been trying to get Taye to sign something for himself, and then his mom, his grandma, his other grandma, etc... I would venture to guess though, that if Idina had said no to signing a third something for you, you wouldn't have been all arguing with her about it. That's why my vote went right to this guy being an eBayer.

That guy was seems like such a pessimistic jerk; I'm proud Taye didn't blow up in his face. He politely stated how he felt and left it at that. Kudos to Mr. Diggs~

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Taye handled it well. You know usually stars would just walk away with a sour face and sign nothing but he was nice enough to sign two and then explain to the guy why he wouldn't sign the third. He was actually nice about it.

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I have asked for more than one autograph, but I think it's clear it's because one is for a relative or because I have a Playbill from some other show I saw them in or something like that. The guy said they're for "the fans." If the third one was really for a specific person, I think the guy would have had a completely different approach and line of argument than the one he took. I think Taye did the best he could.

It's interesting that most of the comments on the site with the video are anti-Taye, while most of the comments here, where there are true fans who get autographs for their personal enjoyment, are positive and sympathetic to Taye.

I also think the beginning of the video is great, where some woman is saying, "Just give it to him," and then Taye says he already gave him two, then the woman stops talking, and Taye is like, "Exactly."

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